Health and Lifestyle Survey: Seven-Year Follow-Up, 1991-1992

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>Following a number of feasibility studies and pilot surveys carried out in 1978, the first <i>Health and Lifestyle Survey</i> (HALS1) (held at the UKDA under SN 2218), funded by the Health Promotion Research Trust, was carried out in 1984-1985 on a random sample of the population of England, Scotland and Wales. A follow-up survey, HALS2, was conducted in 1991-1992. Ethical approval for the initial pilot studies was obtained locally, and ethical approval for the main HALS surveys was received from the BMA Ethical Committee before the launch of each survey. <br>
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The first survey, HALS1, was designed as a unique attempt to describe the self-reported health, attitudes to health and beliefs about causes of disease in relation to measurements of health (e.g. blood pressure and lung function) and lifestyle in adults of all ages and circumstances living in their own homes in all parts of Great Britain. It also examined the distribution of, and the relationship between, physical and mental health, health-related behaviour (diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol consumption) and social circumstances. Following completion of HALS1, the respondents were 'flagged' with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) National Health Service register at Southport,so that notification of deaths and copies of death certificates of respondents were provided to the HALS1 team. (Note that at the time of HALS1 and 2, ONS was known as the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS).)<br>
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At the time of HALS1, a repeat survey was not foreseen, so no attempt was made to retain contact with the respondents to HALS1. However, when funding again became available from the Health Promotion Research Trust, as many of the respondents to HALS1 were traced as possible, and re-surveyed for HALS2 (held under SN 3279), which was conducted in 1991-1992. The principal aims of HALS2 were to examine the changes over seven years in the health and circumstances of the surviving respondents of HALS1. <br>
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A further HALS dataset is held under SN 6339, which includes deaths and causes of death, and registrations of cancer morbidity and mortality for HALS respondents, currently up to June 2009.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Demographic, working and social circumstances; self-reported health; physiological measures (anthropometry, blood pressure, respiratory function, salivary cotinine); tests of cognitive functioning (reaction time, memory and reasoning); personality and psychiatric status; dietary habits; exercise, work and leisure; alcohol consumption; smoking; beliefs about disease and health, and health related attitudes.

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1978年开展多项可行性研究与试点调查后，由健康促进研究信托基金（Health Promotion Research Trust）资助的首届健康与生活方式调查（Health and Lifestyle Survey, HALS1）（由英国数据服务中心托管，编号SN 2218），于1984-1985年针对英格兰、苏格兰与威尔士全体人口的随机抽样群体展开。后续追踪调查HALS2于1991-1992年实施。首批试点调查已获得本地伦理批准，主HALS系列调查则在每项调查启动前获得英国医学协会（BMA）伦理委员会的伦理许可。

首届调查HALS1旨在开创性地描述大不列颠各地居家生活的各年龄段、各生活境况成年人的自我报告健康状况、健康态度及疾病病因认知，并结合健康测量指标（如血压与肺功能）与生活方式进行关联分析。同时，该调查还探讨了身心健康、健康相关行为（饮食、运动、吸烟与饮酒）以及社会境况的分布特征与相互关系。HALS1完成后，研究人员将受访者与英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics, ONS）位于绍斯波特的全国医疗服务登记系统进行关联标记，以便获取受访者的死亡通知与死亡证明副本。（注：在HALS1与HALS2实施期间，ONS的全称为人口普查与调查办公室（Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, OPCS）。）

在HALS1开展之初，研究团队并未预见后续会开展重复调查，因此未尝试留存与HALS1受访者的联系渠道。但当健康促进研究信托基金再次提供资助后，研究团队尽可能追溯到了原HALS1的多数受访者，并针对HALS2（由英国数据服务中心托管，编号SN 3279）展开了追踪调查，该调查于1991-1992年实施。HALS2的核心目标是分析HALS1的存活受访者在七年间的健康状况与生活境况变化。

另有一份HALS数据集由英国数据服务中心托管，编号SN 6339，该数据集包含HALS受访者的死亡情况与死因信息，以及截至2009年6月的癌症发病与死亡登记数据。

**核心研究主题**：人口统计学特征、工作与社会境况；自我报告健康状况；生理测量指标（人体测量学指标、血压、呼吸功能、唾液可替宁水平）；认知功能测试（反应时、记忆与推理能力）；人格与精神状态；饮食习惯；运动、工作与休闲活动；饮酒行为；吸烟行为；疾病与健康相关认知及健康态度。